Glatiramer
Summary
Hazard - P - B - T - Risk Exempt
Fass environmental information
Fass environmental information for Copaxone (glatiramer) from Teva (downloaded 2019-08-20).
Risk
The use of amino acids, proteins and peptides is not expected to have any environmental impact.
According to the European Medicines Agency guideline on environmental risk assessments for pharmaceuticals (EMA/CHMP/SWP/4447/00), vitamins, electrolytes, amino acids, peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids proteins, vaccines and herbal medicinal products are exempted because they are unlikely to result in significant risk to the environment.
Author: Health and Medical Care Administration, Region Stockholm